ASIA: China’s central bank signaled possible easing measures to aid the economy’s recovery after a sharp downturn in recent months fueled by a property slump. China’s CSI 300 Index gained as much as 0.5% Monday morning on expectations of potential loosening, while the 10-year government bond futures contracts gained as much as 0.3%. The Indian […]

  ASIA: Recent outbreaks of the Delta variant have prompted travel restrictions and lockdowns in some cities in China, damping economic activities, while Beijing’s tough stance to deleverage the property sector, which contributes 14 percent to China’s gross domestic product (GDP), will further slow growth in the coming months, according to Andrew Fennell, a senior […]

In all honesty, Biden is clearly out of it, and his handlers are only interested in bringing the Great Reset to dominate the world. I believe COVID-19 was deliberately leaked into China because there were far too many sources all saying a “virus is coming” by December 2019.  I believe it was deliberately released in […]

ASIA: Retail sales growth in China bounced back in October, while industrial production also beat expectations. Retail sales, a key measurement of consumer spending in the world’s most populous nation, grew by 4.9 percent in October compared with a year earlier, up from the 4.4 percent increase in September, and above the estimate for a […]

  Forget the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. All rights are now irrelevant.  Austria has just ordered that all unvaccinated are to be imprisoned in their homes. In Britain, reliable sources in London are saying that it may be necessary to impose lockdowns regularly well into 2026. The Netherlands has returned to a partial […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 171.08 or 0.59% to 29,277.86 • Shanghai increased 40.32 or 1.15% to 3,532.79 • Hang Seng increased 251.85 points or 1.01% to 25,247.99 • ASX 200 decreased 42.00 points or -0.57 to 7,381.90 • Kospi decreased 5.25 points or […]

ASIA: China’s inflation problem is getting worse day by day. The cost of goods leaving China’s factories surged by another record rate last month, and there are increasing signs that consumers are starting to feel the pain. The Producer Price Index jumped 13.5% in October from a year ago, accelerating from September’s 10.7%, China’s National […]

  ASIA: The US central bank warned Monday that China’s ongoing property woes could elevate “financial stresses in China, [which] could further strain global financial markets and negatively affect the United States.” In its biannual report on financial stability, the Fed pointed specifically to the crisis at Evergrande, China’s most indebted developer. The company has […]

ASIA: China posted a record monthly trade surplus in October as exports surged despite global supply-chain disruptions. Exports rose 27.1% in dollar terms last month from a year earlier to $300.2 billion, data from the General Administration of Customs showed Sunday. That was the 13th straight month of double-digit growth, and exceeded economists’ expectations of […]

We will take a short recess from Market Talk to focus on this year’s annual World Economic Conference. The conference will take place in Orlando, FL, but virtual tickets are still available. Click here to learn more. ASIA: China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for October came in at 49.2 over the weekend, below the […]